Wight and Wight

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American architectural firm architectural firm

Wight and Wight was a prominent early-20th-century American architectural firm based in Kansas City, known for its monumental Neoclassical and Art Deco public buildings.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architectural firm → architectural firm →
activeInCentury	20th century →
activeInPeriod	early 20th century →
architecturalMovement	Beaux-Arts tradition →
architecturalStyle	Art Deco architecture → Neoclassical architecture →
associatedWith	Jackson County, Missouri → State of Kansas →
basedIn	Kansas City, Missouri →
country	United States →
era	interwar period →
field	architecture →
foundedBy	Thomas Wight → William Wight →
genre	public architecture →
hasLanguageOfWork	English →
hasMember	Thomas Wight → William Wight →
hasReputation	prominent early-20th-century Midwestern architectural firm →
heritageStatusOfWorks	several works listed on the National Register of Historic Places →
industry	architecture →
influencedBy	Art Deco → Beaux-Arts architecture → Neoclassicism →
knownFor	Art Deco ornamentation → classical detailing → monumental stone facades →
locationCity	Kansas City, Missouri →
notableFor	civic architecture in Kansas City → monumental public buildings →
notableWork	Jackson County Courthouse (Kansas City, Missouri) → Kansas City City Hall → Kansas City Life Insurance Company Building → Kansas Governor’s Mansion (Cedar Crest) → Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (early involvement / associated work) →
operatedIn	Kansas City, Missouri →
regionServed	Kansas → Kansas City metropolitan area → Missouri →
specializesIn	civic buildings → government buildings → institutional buildings →
typeOfOrganization	private company →
workType	design of city halls → design of courthouses → design of public monuments →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art →	architect